In Lucas County, two-thirds of children entering kindergarten are underprepared.

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In Lucas County, only 69% of youth graduate from high school.

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Aspire is active in the Waite High School Community

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Click to view Al Stroucken talk about Aspire in this video recorded in 2015

Former CEO of O-I and Chairman of Aspire

About Aspire

Aspire is a community-based initiative focused on helping ensure the children of Lucas County, Ohio, are born ready, school ready and life ready. It was created to represent and steward the shared vision of health and human service, philanthropic, educational, business, government and faith-based organizations in the community. Using a data-driven approach, continuous improvement tools and the power of community conversations, Aspire seeks to help identify needs and reinforce behaviors, best practices and programs that are creating successful futures for our children.

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